Man struck by lightning, goes to bed

A Sunshine Coast man has been struck by lightning and walked away suffering only a sore toe.

The 26-year-old from Meridan Plains, who has not been named, was returning home after a night out at around 4am on Saturday when electrical storms were lashing Queensland, the Sunshine Coast Daily reports.

He had just left a taxi and was walking to his front door when he was struck by the bolt, which at 27,000 degrees celcius is three times hotter than the surface of the sun.

Despite the fact that he had just received around 500 million volts of electricity, the man decided to call it a night and did not phone for an ambulance until he woke up later that day.

An ambulance spokesman said the man was taken to Caloundra Hospital in a stable condition, having described the lightning strike as "a jolt".

"The 26-year-old was getting out of a taxi when he felt a jolt and then he went inside and went to sleep," the spokesman said.

The man was treated for small burns to his left big toe and left wrist.